Download or read book Local Governance in Multi Ethnic Communities of Central and Eastern Europe written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report describes a skills exchange workshop, co-organized by Minority Rights Group International (MRG) and the Liga Pro Europa, on local governance in multi-ethnic communities in Central and Eastern Europe. Civil servants, members of minority communities, non-governmental organization (NGO) activists, and public officials from Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia met to analyze the problems they encounter in their own communities and to share ideas and experiences of good practice. The workshop discussion showed that there is an underlying similarity between situations, even though diversity is also apparent. It is impossible to disassociate problems at the local level from their national and international context. Yet, because broader conflicts manifest themselves locally, there is a need to develop systems to manage and to resolve the problems through local governance and public administration. Three main themes emerged at the workshop: (1) the legal and political framework for managing inter-group relations at the local level; (2) the need to address diverse education needs; and (3) the need to ensure that socio-economic development benefits all groups within the community. The report summarizes key discussions and illustrates examples of good practice that were presented. (Includes a list of participants.) (BT)
Download or read book Diversity in Action written by Anna-Mária Bíró and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dotyczy m. in. Polski.
Download or read book Region State and Identity in Central and Eastern Europe written by Judy Batt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers that comprise this collection examine the role of competing European, national, ethnic and regional identities over the introduction of new regional levels of government in the former Soviet and now Central and Eastern European states.
Download or read book Local Government in Central and Eastern Europe written by Andrew Coulson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-08-02 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advocates of democratization in Central and Eastern Europe before 1989 placed great emphasis on community self-government as the basis of civil society and democracy. After theVelvet Revolutions of 1989 and the break up of the Soviet Union in 1991, the new states created an elected local government, whereby cities, towns and villages elected the
Download or read book Local Governance in Central and Eastern Europe written by T. Lankina and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-01-23 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines local government performance in key areas of social services and economic promotion in eight towns in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Russia. It dispels the myth that socio-economic 'givens' or inter-governmental systems are key determinants of local development.
Download or read book Managing Multiethnic Cities in South Eastern Europe written by Meghan Simpson and published by Central European University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taken together, Managing Multiethnic Cities in South Eastern Europe offers personal reflections on the challenges and decisions made along the way to channel enthusiasm for peace and democracy at the local level into concrete policy or institutional changes that have taken root and indicate a new city diplomacy sprouting across South Eastern Europe. Most importantly, it concludes that none of this would have been achieved without the commitment of many people and organizations to reestablish, albeit cautiously, their old economic and cultural ties. --Book Jacket.
Download or read book Local Democracy in Post Communist Europe written by Harald Baldersheim and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Der englischsprachige Band führt ein in die Lokal- und Regionalpolitik der mittel-osteuropäischen Reformländer. Der Band beleuchtet aktuelle Probleme der Kommunal- und Regionalpolitik in den Ländern Mittel-Osteuropas, einschließlich Russlands. Zentral sind Fragen der Beziehungen zwischen zentraler, regionaler und lokaler Politik- und Verwaltungsebene, der lokalen Demokratie und Partizipation sowie Fragen der Verwaltungsmodernisierung.
Download or read book Decentralisation and the Management of Ethnic Conflict written by Aisling Lyon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-30 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethnic inequalities in divided societies can exacerbate social divisions and lead to conflict. Reducing these inequalities could have a de-escalating effect, yet there is little consensus on how this can be achieved most effectively and sustainably. Decentralisation is held to improve inter-ethnic relations in multi-ethnic states by allowing territorially concentrated groups greater autonomy over their own affairs, and the case of the Republic of Macedonia offers an example of the successes and failings of decentralisation. Decentralisation and the Management of Ethnic Conflict offers new insight into the dynamics of conflict management through decentralisation, using an in-depth case study of decentralisation in the Republic of Macedonia between 2005 and 2012. Guided by the concept of horizontal inequalities, the volume identifies the factors which influenced the decision to devolve responsibilities to the municipalities after 2001.Taking an integrative approach to studying the political, administrative, and fiscal dimensions of decentralisation and its implementation, the book investigates whether these institutional reforms have indeed contributed to the reduction of inequalities between Macedonia’s ethnic groups, and what the obstacles were in those areas in which decentralisation has not reached its full potential. The key lesson of the Macedonian case is that attempts to solve internal self-determination conflicts through decentralisation will fail if local self-governance exists only in form but not in substance. This book contributes to a more nuanced understanding of the challenges facing different forms of decentralisation in the long term, and as such represents a significant contribution to Conflict Studies, Development Studies and Political Science more generally.
Download or read book Local Government in Eastern Europe written by Andrew Coulson and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work on local government in Eastern Europe is part of the series dealing with Communism in transition. The political structures and processes that now affect the functioning of local government in Eastern Europe are analyzed.
Download or read book Good Governance in Multiethnic Communities written by Monica Caluser and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Farewell to the Party Model written by Marion Reiser and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-05-14 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marion Reiser, Everhard Holtmann Local independent lists as political actors are a common phenomenon on the local level in many European countries – in established Western democracies as well as in the ‘new’ democracies in Central and Eastern Europe. In some West European countries, these non-partisan groups have been an established and stable element in the local political system for decades. Ty- cally, they understand themselves as protectors of a harmonious factual political style. In their opinion, good local politics is not compatible with party politics so they consequently perceive themselves as non-parties. During the last two d- ades, presence and success of local lists have steadily increased in these co- tries. Furthermore, during the last years local lists emerged also in countries which had been formerly fully party-politicised on the local level. Explanations offered for these developments are often based on the observation of a general decline of trust in established parties and politicians. Hence, it has been argued that the disenchantment with political parties is a fertile ground for local lists. For the Central and East European countries, this argument can be - ployed only to a certain extent. Local lists established themselves in the early 1990’s as important actors on the local level especially due to a lack of party organisation in the process of democratic consolidation.
Download or read book The State of Local Democracy in Central Europe written by Gábor Soós and published by Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative. This book was released on 2002 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dotyczy m.in. Polski.
Download or read book Local Government in Central and Eastern Europe written by Andrew Coulson and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Central and Eastern Europe After Transition written by Wojciech Sadurski and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How have national identities changed, developed and reacted in the wake of transition from communism to democracy in Central and Eastern Europe? Central and Eastern Europe After Transition defines and examines new autonomous differences adopted at the state and the supranational level in the post-transitional phase of the post-Communist area, and considers their impact on constitutions, democracy and legal culture. With representative contributions from older and newer EU members, the book provides a broad set of cultural points for reference. Its comparative and interdisciplinary approach includes a useful selection of bibliographical resources specifically devoted to the Central Eastern European countries' transitions.
Download or read book The Role of Public Administration in Building a Harmonious Society written by Network of Asia-Pacific Schools and Institutes of Public Administration and Governance. Annual Conference and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2006 with total page 743 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together a collection of papers presented at the annual conference of the Network of Asia-Pacific Schools and Institutes of Public Administration and Governance (NAPSIPAG). The publication reflects the diversity of "grounded voices to be found in the region." While the approaches are different, a distinguishing feature is the depth of local knowledge they exhibit and the manner in which innovation from within the Asia and Pacific region is highlighted.
Download or read book Public Administration in the Balkans from Weberian Bureaucracy to New Public Management written by Spyridon Flogaïtis and published by Matei Lucica. This book was released on 2011 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Minority Governance in Europe written by Kinga Gál and published by Ethnopolitics and Minority Iss. This book was released on 2002 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Minority Governance in Europe is the first volume in the new ECMI/LGI Series on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues. The Series is a joint venture with the European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI http: //www.ecmi.de). These multi-author works are the result of the Centrels cooperative research projects, often lasting a number of years. The resulting books attempt to present a coherent and comprehensive picture of the area under investigation. The majority of countries in the former Eastern bloc feature multiethnic societies. Decentralization and the transition to a free market environment have made this characteristic of nation-states more visible and have raised the claim for a proactive approach toward multiethnic community management.
